6. Morocco: 
heme PATER: 
8. Uruguay: 
635 
Petroleum Code, Dahir No. 1-58-227, 
21 July 1958. 
Decree on the Continental Shelf, 3 Sept. 1958 
(54 Am. J. Int'l L. 497 (1960)). 
Decree, 16 July 1963. 
B. Adopted the exploitability criterion (3): 
1. Brazil: 
2. Norway: 
3. Philippines: 
Boletim Especial #196, 20 Oct. 1967, 
Embassy of Brazil. 
Provisional Act of 21 June 1963 relating to the 
Exploitation and Exploration of Submarine Natural 
Resources (U.N. Doc. A/AC 135/11 at p. 46). 
Proclamation No. 370 of 20 Mar. 1968 (U.N. 
Doc. A/AC 135/11 at p. 47). 
C. Adopted other definitions (15): 
1. Canada: Statement of Canadian representative before U.N. 
Ad Hoc Committee on March 11, 1968 (U.N. Doc. A/AG 
135/peatepse>) confirmed by Canadian Embassy, Washington, 
D.C. ("at least to the abyssal depths"'). 
2. Chile: Presidential Declaration Concerning the Continental 
Shelf, 23 June 1947 (U.N. Doc. A/AC 135/11 at p.26); 
Declaration Over the Maritime Zone, Santiago, 1952, 
ratified by Decree 432, 23 Sept. 1954 (200 miles). 
3. Costa Rica: 
Article 1 of Decree-Law No. 803 of 2 Nov. 1949 
and Article 6 of the Constitution (''submarine shelf and 
continental base"’). 
4. Dahomey: Decree No. 74 of 7 March 1968 (100 miles) 
(U.N. Doc. A/AC 135/11/Add. 1 at p.11). 
5. Ecuador: Art. 630, Civil Code, 20 Aug. 1960 (U.N. Doc. 
A/AC 135/11 at p.30){200 metre isobath), but compare 
Declaration of Santiago, 1952, ratified by Executive Decree 
No. 275, 7 Feb. 1955 (200 miles), and Supreme Decree No. 
1542 of 10 Nov. 1966, amending Art. 633 of Civil Code 
(200 miles). 
(Inconsistency in article numbers appears in 
U.N. and P.A.U. documents). 
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